Louie Family Weekly Updates: June 2012

Sunday, June 24, 2012

2 Wheeler

This week I (Ethan) joined the 2 wheeler club! Dada - thanks for all your patience and encouragement, you are an amazing teacher! I'll never forget the moment I was able to ride without you holding onto me.

Uncle Michael - thanks for coming down to help take care of us. We always look forward to our playtime & history lesson!

Special boys' lunch celebrating Ethan's passing his bicycle test and me scoring my 1st bball game point. Quiznos is our new favorite sandwich place now.

A belated Father's Day Hot Pot dinner celebration with Grandpa.

VBS 2012 - we had a blast learning all about how we can trust God no matter what. Extra fun that we got to carpool with our neighbors everyday.

Mama went on a business trip to Albuquerque, New Mexico. She thoroughly enjoyed her "mommy vacation." Some of her highlights: lots of yummy food, hot air balloon, her free pair of Maui Jim sunglasses (she loves them), and riding on "Whiskey" at the Bonanza set.

Annual Great America fun with Auntie Emi, Uncle Roo & Auntie Irene. Thanks so much for treating us to lots of yummy food, toys, snacks and a new hat!

Right before we got super wet. Thanks for these memories. We are so spoiled by our Aunties and Uncle.

Another nice clean bath with Dada. Thanks for being a great Mr. Mom while Mama was on her "vacation."

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Father's Day Tradition. Dada wanted to spend quality 1:1 time with each of us so we bought us all out separately. Ethan: 7am breakfast at IHOP before church. Tyler: Quizno lunch. Mari: Jamba afternoon snack. We all felt so special having him all out ourselves.

Monday family field trip to Brentwood for some fresh fruits right off the tree. We loved climbing up the ladder while Mari loved eating cherries off the groud.

Cherry picking is hard work! Now off to the next orchard.

Mari picked a peach right off the tree and ate it!

White peach & nectarine - yummy!

"Fruits of our labor" - hard work but so much fun. We all can't wait to go back again.

After a hot morning of fruit picking, we went to Newark to Silliman Swim Center to cool off.

Love this indoor "water playground"

It was Ethan's turn to plan this week's Family Fun Friday (FFF) and look what he planned for us! Ethan: "This is so much fun, like vacuuming!" Tyler: "I can't believe Ethan chose this as one of his fun activities."

Louie cousins playdate, 4 moth old twins are so cute!

Gong-Gong - thanks for coming down to take us bowling and to have dinner with us!

Madagascar 3 in 3D while stuffing our faces with popcorn.

The "Titanic" from Snow Ice, yummy!

Last week we built our biggest Lego set ever, over 1000 pieces. Took us 3 hours. Auntie Irene - thanks for spoiling us with this gift!

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Half Dome

On Tue, Dada climb Half Dome in Yosemite with 25 of his co-workers for a team building event. Here he is on top of the dome. The roundtrip hike took about 10 hours. We're so proud of our our dad! He said he'd take us when we're in high school.

My 1st tea party for Auntie Johannah's bridal shower (Mama's college friend/roomie). So many yummy sandwiches and pastries. Tea was too hot for me, I had milk instead.

While the girls were at the tea party, the boys went shopping @ Nike.

Auntie Loan's bday celebration. We had so much fun playing with friends, eating tacos and watching the Pacquiao fight.

Check out Mari's new water ride. We love going to our community pool, esp when we bump into neighbors to play with. Our summer is off to a fun start.

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Summer Fun Begins

With my proud parents who still can't believe I'm done with kinder.

PoPo, Uncle Michael & Auntie Tracy thanks for bearing the Santa Clara heat during my graduation ceremony. Means a lot to me that you were there. Thanks for the Jamba and Cold Stone treat!